Paint-remover



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WALTER NEWMAN, or BIRMINGHAM, ALA Mn. J

IPAiNT-REMOVER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER NEWMArI, a

.citizen ofthe United States of America,

and resident of Birmingham, in the county .of Jefferson and State ofAlabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1nPaint-Removers, of which the following is a specification This inventionrelates to compositions of the detergent type, the. said invention hav-"ing for its object the provision of a novel compositionfor removingpaint, .the said compound having an'efl'ect on the paint to contract thesame, causing it to be loosened dislodged or displaced therefrom. I

from the surface so that it can be' readily The invention has been foundto be particula'rly useful, in removing dullcoat? paint from plasteredwalls and the like.

A further object of this invention is toproducea composition which canbe readily applied to a surface and which will act I quickly, due toits-penetrating qualities,-

thereby-enabling an operator to cover a sur- A still further face and atonce beginning the' removalof-l the paint. f

object of. this invention is .to 'roduce 'a composition of the characterindicated which will prove comparatively inexpensive to produce and usein the treatment of'paint for the removal of said-paint.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 16,1918. Seria1 No-.217,625

1 half Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe 'ingre dients and in the proportions to be hereinafter more fullyset forth and claimed.

- In carrying the invention into practice, I mix flour, blue stone,melted glue and wood alcohol withsuflicientfwater to make a thinpastewhich can be worked or applied to the painted surface by a-brush, the,ingredients and proportions being substantially as follows: viz: v

Flour. Five pounds. Dissolved b1ue-stone One ounce. I Melted glueOne-half pound. Wood alcohol One pint.

thesame' being mixed with water sufli'cient to produce a thin paste, asstated.

I have found in practice that when the composition is applied to paint,-contraction 'of thesaid paint-results in its being dishereinbefore 's'etlodgedand removed as forth.

-I claim-'- flour, oneounce dissolved lue stone, onepound melted glue,"and one pint alcohol. Y -WALTER NEWMAN.

v The herein described oompositionof mat-. ter' for the removal .of.

v int fromplastcred wallsf'and the like con'slstin of five pounds

